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Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Black Gold: The Aboriginal and Islander Sports Hall of Fame
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'In 1995, Professor Colin Tatz and a panel of sportspeople and historians selected 129 athletes for the inaugural Aboriginal and Islander Sports Hall of Fame. Since then, 43 new stars have been inducted. Black Gold features all 172 members, from 30 sports. The chapters showcase our Olympic heroes, superb sportswomen, football giants, boxing legends, lightning sprinters and more — from darts champions to world class weightlifters and woodchoppers.'

'Some of the people in this book are members of the Stolen Generations who were raised in ‘assimilation’ homes but pursued their dreams against all odds. Many grew up in remote, impoverished settlements where ‘sports facilities’ were bumpy dirt tracks, scrubby pitches or dustbowl ovals with sticks for goalposts. Black Gold honours all who have leapt the twin hurdles of racism and competition to realise their talents in the elite arenas of national or international sport.' (Source: AIATSIS website)

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    • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,: Aboriginal Studies Press , 2000 .
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      Extent: xiii, 282p.
      Description: illus. (b & w)
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      • Includes bibliography and idex.
      ISBN: 0855753676
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